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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
128 AM EST MON DEC 8 2025
GMZ032-033-035-044-054-074-080730-
128 AM EST MON DEC 8 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS OF THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND
SOUTHEASTERN GULF ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS
...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 60 NM...
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5
FATHOMS...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
AT 127 AM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR
30 KNOTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR GULFSIDE PATCH REEF TO NEAR NINEFOOT SHOAL TO 9 NM SOUTH
OF WOOD'S WALL WEST CRACK, MOVING EAST AT 20 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GULFSIDE PATCH REEF, BIG PINE SHOAL, ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, BIG
MUNSON ISLAND, EAST SAMBO, AND RACCOON KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY
ROUGH AND CONFUSED SEAS, OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND
POTENTIALLY BLINDING DOWNPOURS. GET TO A SAFE PORT AS QUICKLY, AND AS
SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2405 8189 2458 8162 2468 8169 2467 8170
2484 8184 2502 8146 2473 8121 2467 8123
2410 8151
MC
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